Military medicine
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A random sample of 86 Army nurses from a major metropolitan area participated in a study to investigate their attitudes toward African American and Hispanic patients. Information was collected using the Ethnic Attitude Assessment Survey. Cronbach alpha for the African American patient was 0.74, with 0.72 for the Hispanic patient. ⋯ Attitudes were statistically more positive toward the African American patient than toward the Hispanic patient. Females had more positive attitudes than males, but only toward the African American patient. Finally, nurses perceived a need for cultural understanding when providing care to patients of different ethnic groups.